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April 18, 2013

Congrats to Geddy, Alex and Neil

The band I fell in love with 37 years ago will be
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight in Tinseltown. I thought I would write down a quick
timeline, purely off the top of my head. Forgive any errors.

1973

Drummer John Rutsey retires, gives way to Neil Peart. Geddy says, Hey I bet this
guy can write lyrics!

Permanent Waves receives critical acclaim. The Spirit of Radio gets major
AOR airplay - (Rush is expected to
play TSOR tonight).

1981

Moving Pictures, arguably the band’s greatest album, puts
the band on par with media darlings Van Halen. RUSH play multiple dates in places like Chicago and New
York. “Housewives” call in to hear
Tom Sawyer (also expected to be played) and Limelight. Rush will never look back.

1983

Signals adopts synth sound and produces New World Man, Rush’s only Top 40
hit. Ironically, it was a
last minute filler tune.

1980s

Power pop albums Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows
and Hold Your Fire see band lose some fans, but gain new ones. Sell out tours at large arenas
continue. Drummer god Neil
Peart racks up one award after another, with Geddy and Alex picking up hardware
too.

1993

Back to basics with Counterparts. The trio cut back on touring dates to 54.

1997

Rush tests for echo. Neil describes
it as his masterpiece. Band
reaches 1500 mark for shows played.
Begins era of “An Evening
With Rush” – no support.

Still 100 years to go for 2112, but Rush finally get
the word they will be nominated.

2013

The moment RUSH fans have long waited for. Ever indefatigable,
the band prepares to hit the road for another set of shows, including over the
pond to England, Germany, Scotland, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland.